Not long ago I setup up a Bitcoin node on a Debian Wheezy VPS to teach myself about Bitcoin and the blockchain in general. It was a great learning experience but the memory requirements of the Bitcoin software kept causing my VPS instance to run out of memory so the…
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Nginx: Locking Down The WordPress Backend By IP Address
I recently looked at the server logs for a new site that had just launched and noticed alot of hits by random IP addresses being made to the WordPress login script. Similar to the excerpt below: [codesyntax lang=”text”] 182.18.209.4 – – [10/Jun/2013:07:33:26 -0400] “POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1” 200 4807 “drinknycity.com/wp-login.php” “Mozilla/5.0…
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S3 Video 0.97 Released
A new version of the S3 Video (0.97) WordPress plugin has been released to the plugin repository. This release is a combination of some new functionality along with a number of bug fixes. Some of the bigger changes in this release are: Support for Amazon S3 prefixes. This feature allows…
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Version 0.96 of S3 Video for WordPress Released
The latest version of my popular S3 Video plugin has been released to the WordPress plugin repository. After many requests the 0.96 release now allows a user to set a “still” image as a title or splash page for their video. A number of bug fixes have also been fixed…
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Using The Panoramio Wrapper Class
Ever been working on a project that was area specific and wanted nearby local images? I did recently, and knew after seeing images over layed onto Google maps that it must be possible. Looking around I found a few pieces of code that did what I wanted using the Panoramio…
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Removing The WordPress Toolbar
One thing that has caused me some grief since the release of WordPress 3.1 is the admin bar that appears up the top of the blog when you are logged in. Call me a stick in the mud but I have never really used it since its introduction and on…
Read MoreFree Wireframe & Prototype Creation With Pencil
Wireframing is an invaluable technique when starting the development of a new project, both to set functionality expectations with project stake holders and to give the build team a concrete idea of what it is exactly they have to build. There are plenty of web based and commercial packages available…
Read MoreRestore The Refresh Button Placement In Firefox 4
The recent release of Firefox has been the new look, features and speed are simply amazing. One issue I am having trouble adjusting to though is the refresh button location. It used to live as a nice big icon next to the back / forward buttons but in the new…
Read MoreInstalling Firefox 4 on Ubuntu 10.10
The latest release of the popular browser Firefox is now here with Firefox 4.0 boasting speed improvements, location aware browsing, improved HTML 5 support plus much more. Getting Firefox 4 for your Ubuntu desktop is pretty simple using the mozilla team PPA. To get started open a terminal and enter:…
Read MoreWordPress 2.9.0 Is Here!
The 2.9.0 version of WordPress has been released some of the main new features include: A “trash bin” feature, allow the restoration of deleted comments or posts. Built in image editor, forget Photoshop! You can now scale, flip, rotate images directly in WordPress. Easier embedding of video, just post the…
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